Churchill Fulshear, Jr. High School is a senior high school in the LCISD Education Center in
Fulshear, Texas
Fulshear ( ) is a city in northwest Fort Bend County, Texas, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, and is located on the western edge of the metropolitan area. The population was 16,856 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Histor ...
, and in the
Houston metropolitan area. The school, which serves the LCISD portion of Fulshear,
Weston Lakes, and
Simonton, is a part of the
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, also Lamar Consolidated ISD, Lamar CISD or LCISD, is a public school district in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Metropolitan Area.
Lamar CISD includes almo ...
(LCISD). The school's namesake was a part of the Fulshear family, one of the first Anglo white families to settle Texas, and fought in the
Texas Revolution.
[About Fulshear High School]
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It is the first high school to primarily serve Fulshear.
History
The district bought the land for it in 2008.
PBK Architects was hired as the architectural firm.
The school opened in the fall of 2016 with grades 9 and 10, and over the following two years will add grades 11 and 12.
[ The first principal is Daniel Ward. The dedication ceremony occurred in December of that year.
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Athletics
The school's first athletic director and American football coach, Oschlor Flemming, previously worked at Dulles High School
John Foster Dulles High School, more commonly known as Dulles High School, is a high school in Sugar Land, Texas. It was the first site purchase and new build, in the 1950s, of the newly formed Fort Bend Independent School District, which held i ...
as the head football coach and Guyer High School
John H. Guyer High School is a public high school situated in the city of Denton, Texas, in Denton County, United States and classified as a 6A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Denton Independent School District located in central Denton Co ...
in Denton, Texas
Denton is a city in and the county seat of Denton County, Texas, United States. With a population of 139,869 as of 2020, it is the 27th-most populous city in Texas, the 197th-most populous city in the United States, and the 12th-most populous ...
as the assistant football coach. In 2018, the Fulshear football team began playing at the varsity level.
Band
The Fulshear High School Charger Band has made tremendous strides in its first year. Over the course of the fall 2016 season, the marching band has won 7 awards: 2 in "Best Percussion/Drumline in Class 4A", 2 in "Outstanding Soloist in Class 4A", 1 in "Outstanding Drum Major(s) in Class 4A", and 2 Class 1 Superior rankings. The band also sent 2 members to the ATSSB (Association of Texas Small School Bands) All-State Band: 1 Jazz Percussionist, and 1 Concert Oboist two years in a row. In the Spring of 2017, 9 members advanced to State Solo and Ensemble Competition. 5 of which were percussionists, the other 4, a woodwind ensemble with the bassoonist advancing on both Solo and Ensemble, along with three percussionists doing the same. The school is set to host the LCISD Pre-UIL Competition and mixed district UIL (University Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest organi ...
) Competition for Non-Varsity bands later this spring. In the Fall of 2018, they continued their streak of “1” rank at UIL, and continued to area. At area, they finished 7th overall in Prelims and 2nd in finals, moving them to state. At state, they finished 4th in the preliminary round, and placed 10th overall in finals.
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Lamar Consolidated Independent School District high schools
2016 establishments in Texas
Educational institutions established in 2016